SUMMARY:

• Multifaceted and performance - focused professional, offering more than 10 years of experience wifin the Intelligence Community (IC)
• Complemented wif hands-on background in software development, systems engineering, testing automation, web application testing, regulatory compliance, and system design.
• Adept at developing technical design and specifications, conducting web and tools development, overseeing responsive design, and formulating complete user experiences to meet client needs and vision.
• Effective at collaborating and establishing positive relationships wif diverse individuals. Equipped wif well-defined organizational, communication, problem-solving, multitasking, and analytical skills. Currently holds Top Secret/SCI Clearance wif CI Polygraph.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: Java/J2EE, JavaScript, VBscript, C, C++, HTML/HTML5, SQL, XML

Automation Tools/Services: Selenium, HPE Unified Functional Testing (UFT), TestComplete CA DevTest (LISA), Borland SilkTest, Borland SilkCentral, StarTeam

Database: SQL Server, Oracle Application Servers and Frameworks Java Struts Framework, EJB, JSP, Oracle Application Server, Apache Tomcat

Operating Systems: Windows (95/98/2000/NT/XP/Server2003/7/10), Sun Solaris, LINUX, Redhat

IDE: Netbeans IDE, Oracle JDeveloper 10g, Eclipse/MyEclipse

Version Control Systems: CVS, Subversion, Visual SourceSafe

Applications: Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Visio) SourceForge, Remedy, Confluence

API Testing Tool: SoapUI Application Performance Management Tool Compuware DynaTrace

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

TEMPPrincipal Senior Lead Software Engineer | Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Serve as deputy program manager while supervising a team in developing a test environment and performing PKE Compliance Verification Testing.
• Inform government leadership officials regarding weekly and monthly contract deliverable review meetings.
• Make use of JIRA in coordinating and managing tasks for the teams.
• Prepare and execute comprehensive test procedures and schedules for web application’s public key enabling (PKE) and public key infrastructure (PKI) compliance.
• Broaden noledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in installing and configuring automated testing tool through S3 and C2S STiGed AMIs.
• Create scripts using Selenium for the testing of web applications.
• Develop prototype of automation scripts dat are used to test web applications.

Confidential, Springfield, VA

Senior Lead Software Engineer | Test Automation Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed automation scripts used to test web applications for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
• Performed automated testing of web applications using HP Service Test, HP Service Virtualization, and CA DevTest (LISA).
• Developed proof of concept for test automation tools and their capabilities for various department managers and government directors to show the benefits of using automation tools to decrease time needed for testing.
• Participated in customer requirements meetings and technical exchange meetings (TEMs)
• Demonstrated technical expertise wifin web development and testing to communicate wif analysts and end-users on fixing identified defects and providing solutions to enhance the web user experience (UX).
• Determined defects in the web application user interfaces (UIs) while generating defect reports pinpointing issues for resolution to improve web user experience (UX).
• Took charge of maintaining effective communication wif customers and participated in working groups.
• Formulated Agile Methodology artifacts, such as project roadmaps, user stories, and product backlogs to assist in the planning of automating several web-based applications.
• Conducted and presided over of test directors and engineers on using HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) web application to boost testing efforts.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Senior Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Executed quality assurance testing on new and existing software
• Took charge of designing, documenting, and implementing automated test plans and cases along wif test scripts and test report results.
• Designed test schedules and strategies according to project scope and release timelines.
• Held responsibility in reporting software defects through bug tracking tools and defect resolutions monitoring.
• Conducted usability, functional, boundary, negative, regression, and integration tests based on test cases and ad hoc scenarios.
• Ensured the compliance of program from standards and modifications.
• Maintained active involvement in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, and potential problems.
• Analyzed product specifications and attended project meetings to identify feasibility and timeline impact of new functionality
• Developed and verified software product documentation wif applicability, accuracy, and ease of use.

Confidential, Dumfries, VA

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as senior systems engineer, responsible for ground-based operational surveillance system (G-BOSS) surveillance system.
• Assisted test planning development for G-BOSS in the areas of environmental, electromagnetic, interference (EMI) as well as system integration.
• Interpreted worldwide climatic conditions through numerous military standards encompassing MIL-STD-810G and MIL-HDBK-310.
• Supported G-BOSS test by researching various laboratories to select qualified and available locations for testing.
• Generated test documentation wif G-BOSS Test Team along wif findings and results on laboratories to G-BOSS management team.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Senior Systems Test Engineer | Test Director

Responsibilities:

• Acted as test engineer and director for the Integration and Test Team on DCGS-A Mobile Basic web application and portal project.
• Managed all testing efforts in completing DCGS-A Mobile Basic project along wif one of three sites in testing the system.
• Created test plans, reports, and procedure documents for the product.
• Developed new functionality testing and regression testing of products to guarantee acceptance by client.
• Recorded test results for clients to demonstrate testing efforts and outcomes.
• Assumed accountability in tracking all software change requests (SCR) and software problem reports (SPR) in the bug tracking tool JIRA.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Senior Systems Test Engineer Lead

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as team lead, in charge of supervising more than five testers on project.
• Planned and carried out system testing of web application to ensure conformance wif design and to objectively verify quality standards were met.
• Organized software from deployment into operational by planning end-to-end regression testing.
• Performed key tasks, including initiating test plans and procedures, isolating defects, generating problem tickets, and tracking test results in defect database.
• Maintained active involvement in requirement and design discussion for quality oversight.

Confidential - Herndon, VA

Senior Test Engineer | Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as lead test engineer in developing project through an agile development approach.
• Revised user acceptance criteria for each user story of the team.
• Developed Acceptance Test for user stories during each development iteration.
• Utilized Java J2EE platform to develop web-based application.

Confidential - Arlington, VA

Senior Test Engineer | Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Earned selection as Test Team Lead and Release Manager for the Department of Defense web-based intelligence system and CIFA PORTICO 4.0 Application.
• Conducted manual testing of all programs under purview of the DCIIS Program Management Office which included Portico, Portico Operations Module (POM), Portico Offline (POL), and BIOLINK while executing more than 120 manual test cases.
• Completed project on schedule and cost wifin the established procedures and configured test laboratories.
• Made use of program defined change management process and led numerous rounds of regression testing until a stable baseline was reached.
• Created installation documentation and performed deployment of application and patches.
• Contributed in preliminary and critical design as well as test readiness reviews wif agency commanders.
• Managed peer reviews of all developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) documents for verification of the software application along wif User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of applications being prepared to go into the production environment.
• Took charge of submitting problem report tickets when errors found during dry-runs, DT&E, and regression testing phases.
• Supported applications to ensure correct operations and functionality for the live application.
• Trained new members regarding ongoing and future projects as well as daily tasks.